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Says Alfred Renton Bridges (every one calls him Harry), for 30 years the controversial boss of West Coast dock workers, in his Australian cockney accent: “If someone wants to get me out of this job, ...

(Reuters) - Contract talks covering 45,000 dockworkers on the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are set to restart on Tuesday in a labor dispute that will help set the pace of automation at ports stretching ...